Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
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Installing on UnixWare
To install the driver on UnixWare:
1
Start your computer, then insert the driver disk.
2
Begin the driver package installer:
pkgadd -d diskette1
3
At the installer prompt, type
go
.
4
Select
1
for the aacraid package.
5
When the installation is complete, select
q
to quit the installer.
6
Reboot your computer and remove the driver disk.
7
Continue with
Managing Your Storage Space
on page 60
.
Installing on VMware
Note:
The embedded driver provided by VMware should be suitable for most applications. If an
updated driver is needed, use the following procedure.
To install the driver on VMware:
1
Start your computer, then insert the driver disk.
2
At the console screen of the VMware server, mount the Adaptec CD:
mount –r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom.
3
Install the module RPM:
rpm –ivh /mnt/cdrom/xxx/yyy.rpm
where
xxx
is the driver path, and
yyy.rpm
is the rpm file.
4
Reboot your computer and remove the driver disk.
Note:
Currently, ICP Storage Manager is not supported on VMware. To create and manage
arrays, use the
ICP RAID Configuration
utility. See
page 62
for more information.